‘One Giant Leap in the Right Direction’ – IOTW Report

‘One Giant Leap in the Right Direction’

WJ:

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin called President Donald Trump’s Space Force proposal “one giant leap in the right direction” on Friday.

Aldrin, the second man to step on the moon in 1969, announced on Twitter his support for the president’s potential extension of the military.

Vice President Mike Pence called Thursday for an established Space Force by 2020.

“The Space Force will not be built from scratch. This is a critical step toward’s establishing the Space Force as the sixth branch of our armed forces,” Pence said during a speech at the Pentagon, according to CNBC.

 

Pence mentioned that the Department of Defense will be working on the creation of the Space Force. Congressional support will be needed to complete this mission, according to CNN.

The Trump administration hopes the Space Force will provide a better way to deal with threats abroad from other space world powers, including Russia and China, CNN reported.  more here

SNIP: Can we do manned-spacecraft test with Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi taped to the outside?

11 Comments on ‘One Giant Leap in the Right Direction’

  1. Buzz Aldrin is a great American hero. He is absolutely right. Space Force needs to be established as soon as possible. The Trump derangement syndrome patients, including one former astronaut, are disparaging this plan already. Get it done!

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  2. Touching on one of my pet peeves: it would be the FIFTH branch, not the sixth. The Coast Guard is NOT a military branch; they are a law enforcement agency under the Department of the Treasury, now Homeland Security. And I do not mean to disparage them at all.

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  3. Attaching them to the outside of the rocket is a bad idea. The amount of wrinkles between the two of them would create so much aerodynamic drag, the rocket could never achieve escape velocity.

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  4. Poor Buzz, he is about to feel the collective wrath of the American left descend on him like a ton of moon rocks for having the nerve to defend one of President Trump’s proposals.

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  5. Obamaplease AUGUST 11, 2018 AT 10:00 AM

    “Touching on one of my pet peeves: it would be the FIFTH branch, not the sixth. The Coast Guard is NOT a military branch; they are a law enforcement agency under the Department of the Treasury, now Homeland Security. And I do not mean to disparage them at all.”

    That’s a relief. i was trying to figure out how they could turn the Pentagon into a Hexagon!

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